The pathogen protein EspFU hijacks actin polymerization using mimicry and multivalency

Nature

Volumn 454, Issue 7207, 2008, Pages 1005-1008

  Sallee, Nathan A ^a,b   Rivera, Gonzalo M ^c   Dueber, John E ^b,d   Vasilescu, Dan ^c   Mullins, R Dyche ^b   Mayer, Bruce J ^c   Lim, Wendell A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN ESFPU;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; INHIBITION; MIMICRY; PATHOGEN; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOCYTOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NIH 3T3 CELLS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN, NEURONAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 50049123573     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07170     Document Type: Article

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